The Official Blazers @ Lakers Game Thread- 2/22/13 7:30pm pt

[BlazerCaravan]

Batum with the "Oh, I guess I should hit a three."

 

[BlazerCaravan]

What a game!

 

[magnifier661]

What a game!

Yeah it's a great game!

 

[BlazerBeav]

Bullshit officiating - catch your own airball and put it back up, no whistle. Not like it was in traffic and wasn't clear.

 

[magnifier661]

Could this be the night where kingspeeds jinx is officially over?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

This McDonalds commercial is so weird... do all black people know each other or something?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Could this be the night where kingspeeds jinx is officially over?

He's jinxing our tank.

 

[B-Roy]

That doesn't say anything about his defense, but rather the defense of the players he plays with. If you just watch the game you'll see that he's abysmal when it comes to help defense - he is literally unable or unwilling to slide away from his man to protect the rim. And he always commits touch-fouls resulting in and-ones, rather than laying hard fouls and sending someone to the line for two shots with a sore wrist. There is no evidence that will support the idea that LMA is a good help defender.

That stat he posted is better evidence than your eye test.

 

[KingSpeed]

I'm nervous. Not having as much fun as you guys.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'm nervous. Not having as much fun as you guys.

Thing is, we knew we wouldn't win cause you were going. That it isn't a blowout yet is a bonus!

 

[BlazerBeav]

26-9 on free throw attempts. Nice.

 

[magnifier661]

I'm nervous. Not having as much fun as you guys.

As long as you don't have diarrhea then you are in good shape.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Claver with the heady move.

 

[Natebishop3]

26-9 on free throw attempts. Nice.

It's the Lakers.... what did you expect?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Woof. Not a good FT.

 

[Wheels]

lolz Claver almost made that

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Meyers Leonard with the Larry Bird impression!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Another foul on Howard! Leonard sells the fuck out of that hit like he was in the WWE!

 

[Darkwebs]

Haha. Nice floater by Leonard

 

[Wheels]

yeesh has Barton been that shaky on decision making all year?

 

[LuckyShot]

That doesn't say anything about his defense, but rather the defense of the players he plays with. If you just watch the game you'll see that he's abysmal when it comes to help defense - he is literally unable or unwilling to slide away from his man to protect the rim. And he always commits touch-fouls resulting in and-ones, rather than laying hard fouls and sending someone to the line for two shots with a sore wrist. There is no evidence that will support the idea that LMA is a good help defender.

Ok. Here is what the same source I used with Aldridge says on Hickson:

"Despite good size for a 4 and decent athleticism, Hickson still struggles mightily at the defensive end. This is partly a result of playing out of position at center so much, but the data has been brutal on this front his entire career. According to 82games.com, opposing power forwards had an 18.2 PER against him in Sacramento and a 17.9 mark in Portland. The Blazers also gave up dramatically more points with him on the court, although this didn't happen in Sacramento. Given how bad his data was in Cleveland, this suggests mild improvement at best."

 

[Wheels]

ps my link has LA announcers.. these dudes are as bad as Mike and Mike

 

[BlazerBeav]

Meyers just got grabbed by Clark on a rebound, no whistle.

 

[RoyToy]

And tonight;s circus show presented by Meyers Leonard is over

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Matthews is fucking clutch.

 

[LuckyShot]

Big time 3 by Wes.

 

[Darkwebs]

WES! What a huge 3!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Another fadeaway for LMA.

Sweet.

 

[magnifier661]

Ok. Here is what the same source I used with Aldridge says on Hickson:

"Despite good size for a 4 and decent athleticism, Hickson still struggles mightily at the defensive end. This is partly a result of playing out of position at center so much, but the data has been brutal on this front his entire career. According to 82games.com, opposing power forwards had an 18.2 PER against him in Sacramento and a 17.9 mark in Portland. The Blazers also gave up dramatically more points with him on the court, although this didn't happen in Sacramento. Given how bad his data was in Cleveland, this suggests mild improvement at best."

Dude blue9 gives Batum a pass all season, then hounds on Aldridge any chance he gets. You won't reason with him. He won't see any reason.

 

[B-Roy]

Can't wait until Eric Maynor frees us from the terrible play of Nolan Smith.